Football Preview: East Aces vs. Derby Panthers
The East Aces will take on the Derby Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (East: 11.2, Derby: 6.5) so any points scored will be well earned.
East is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They snuck past Dodge City with a 21-17 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Aces.
Meanwhile, Derby put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 42-14 victory over Junction City. Fans of the Panthers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Arieus Finley was his usual excellent self, rushing for 190 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Kemp, who rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown.
East is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 49.3 points per game. As for Derby, they pushed their record up to 10-0 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
East was dealt a bruising 63-14 defeat at the hands of Derby when the teams last played back in November of 2021. Thankfully for East, Dylan Edwards (who rushed for 226 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per carry, and also picked up 46 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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